wistfully
wistfully adverb: in a wistful manner.
Adverb
wistfully (comparative more wistfully, superlative most wistfully)
- In a wistful manner.
- The difference here is that the protagonists in this collection are, for the most part, at the end of their lives, and so the news of familial drama and divorce and the cocktail parties, barbecues and casual wooings of quotidian life in suburbia is given retrospectively, wistfully, presented in the...2009 June 7, T. Coraghessan Boyle, “The Road Home”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
wistfully meaning in Malayalam
wistfully in Malayalam
- ആശയോടുകൂടി
Forms of wistfully
| comparative | more wistfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wistfully |
Origin of wistfully
From wistful + -ly.
Questions about wistfully
- What does wistfully mean?
- Wistfully means in a wistful manner.
- What is wistfully in Malayalam?
- Wistfully in Malayalam is ആശയോടുകൂടി. See Wistfully meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is wistfully?
- Wistfully is an adverb.
Words near wistfully in the dictionary
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